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N0. 292,008,. PatentedJan. 15, 1884.

WI T/VESSES UNITED STATES PATENT icE.

CHARLES N. HART, OF PITTSFORD, VERMONT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES S. SMITH, OF SAME PLACE.

HAME-FASTENER.-

SPECIFI ZATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 292,008, dated January 15, 1884,

Application filed November 27,1983. No model.)

To all whom it may concern: forked end of the portion a, the bail is over Be it known that 1, CHARLES N. HART, a the projection on the end of the part a, and citizen of the United States, residing at Pittssaid projection passes through the slot, as ford, in the county of Rutland and State of shown in Fig. 5, thus firmly securing the parts 5 Vermont, have invented certain new and usein a locked position; and in unlocking the fullmprovementsin Hame-Fasteners,ofwhich fastener the thumb-piece is drawn, thus disthe following is a specification, reference beengaging the same and the link from the proing had therein to the accompanying drawjection, thereby allowing the several parts to ings. swing upon their hinges, and the hames may IO This invention has relation to improvebe readily removed from the collar.

ments in hame-fasteners; and it consists in the To one of the hooks a is attached a pin, 0, construction and novel arrangement of the the end of which passes through a perforation, same, whereby hames may be quickly and c, in the hook end, and between the head 0* 5 easily fastened to the horses collar and seof said pin and portion a, and encircling said 1 cured thereto, all as will be hereinafter more pin, is a coil-spring, 0 which serves to keep fully explained, and particularly pointed out the head of the pin against the hook, as shown, in the claim appended. thus closing the throat of said hook and pre- The annexed drawings, to which reference venting the fastener from being detached from is made, fully illustrate my invention, in the hames, exceptwhen desired, and by press- 20 which Figure 1 represents a front view of my ing upon the head of the pin the fastener can device locked in position. Fig. 2 represents be readily removed. a similar view opened. Fig. 3 is a bottom A fastener constructed as above described view, and Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views. is simple in operation, easily and quickly ap- 6 Referring by letter to the accompanying plied and detached, and durable, as well as :5 drawings, A designates the fastener, consistcheap to manufacture.

ing of three parts, a, a, and a. The portion Having thus described my invention, whatI a is provided wit-h anend'lfiok, a to engage claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, the end of one of the hames, and is forked at isits opposite end, to which is hinged one end In a hanie fastener, the fastener A, con- 30 of a link, a, the opposite end of which (the sisting of the portion a, having the hook end link) is hinged to the forked end (0* of the pora", the link a interposed, and hinged at its tion a, which latter is provided with a hook ends to the parts a a, the portion a having end, (6, to engage the end of the opposite the hooked end a provided with the spring 7 hame. The link a". that is interposed between pin 0, and pivoted bail, with its thumb-piece 5 the hooked portions a a, is provided with a adapted to engage the projection 11 on the end projection, b, that engages a bail, b, which is of the link, as shown and described. pivoted to theportion a, as shown at b", and In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in hinged to this bail is a thumb-piece, b, which presence of two witnesses.

serves to hold and operate the bail when lock- CHARLES N. HART. 4o ing and unlocking the parts a a a. Witnesses:

It will be observed that when the parts are 0. S. GOLBURN,

locked to one another the link lies within the WILLIAM R. lVIL'LARD. 

